How has the accordion migrated and resettled throughout the Americas? The Latino USA radio series Squeeze Play explores how this instrument of European origin has become an integral part of folk music and dance styles closely identified with various national and ethnic communities in the Americas. The series also looks at how these musical styles have been renewed yet again within immigrant communities in the United States.
Squeeze Play is supported in part by the NALAC Transnational Cultural Remittances, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Ford Foundation, and Southwest Airlines.
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Squeeze Play is supported in part by the NALAC Transnational Cultural Remittances, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Ford Foundation, and Southwest Airlines.
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